Ink-well guard



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WITNESSES:

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ANNA M. RITTENHOUSE, OF PHILADELPHIA, PENNSYLVANIA.

INK-WELL GUARD.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 311,678, dated February 3,1885.

Application filed April 28, 1884.

To all whom, it may concern.-

Beitknown that I, ANFA M. RITTENHOUSE, a citizen of the United States, residing in the city and county of Philadelphia,State of Pen 11- sylvania, have invented a new and useful Improvement in Ink-\Vell Guards, which improvement is fully set forth in the following specification and accompanying drawings, in which Figure 1 is a partialside elevation and partial vertical section of an ink-well guard embodying my invention. Fig. 2 is a bottom plan view thereof. Fig. 3 is a view showing the application of the same on a reduced scale.

Similar letters of reference indicate corresponding parts in the several figures.

My invention consists of aguard for thepon tion of an ink-well below the top of a desk, table, &c.,the construction and operation being hereinafter fully set forth. Furthermore, the guard is formed with openings in its sides, so that it may be cleaned from belowa feature of importance, especially considered when it is known that scholars are apt to place paper, shells, &c., in the guard and otherwise stuff the same with objectionable materials.

Referring to thedrawings, A represents an inlcwell, which is fitted in an opening in a desk or table and depends therefrom, as well known.

B represents a guard having a body of a form to inelose the lower portion of the inkwell, the upper end of the body having perforated ears 0, which are screwed or otherwise secured to the under side of the top of the desk, so as to remain firmly in position and surround only said lower portion of the ink-well.

It will be seen that when a slate or other article is pushed into a desk it strikes the guard B, whereby the ink-well is prevented from being broken, lifted, or otherwise injured or displaced by said slate or article.

It is evident that the ink-well may be inserted in its opening in the desk and removed therefrom without interference of the guard.

(No model In order to make the guard light and inexpensive, it is made of skeleton form, of cast metal or of sheet metal properly, cut and bent into shape, the openings formed in the side of the body reducing the weight of the same and permitting the guard to be cleansed from below should the samebe filled with dirt, &c., or receive ink from overflowing or leakage of the Well. A piece of sheet metal is cut cross-shaped and bent up, thus forming the bottom and several side pieces of the guard, leaving the openings a between the same. The upper ends of the side pieces are then bent laterally and perforated, producing the ears 0, the guard thus constructed being light, st rong,and du rable,and notliable to be cracked by blows of the slates, &c., imparted thereto. It will also be noticed that the guard is not designed to pass through the opening in the desk, but, as has been stated, it surrounds only the lower part of the ink-well, so that there need be no enlargement or alterations of the opening in school-desks in existence. The screws which secure the guard to the desk are not exposed and the scholars cannot re move said guard from above.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim as new, and desire to secure by Let ters Patent, is

1. The combination, with a desk and the ink-well thereof, of a guard for the lower portion of said well, formed with eyes which are rigidly fastened to the under side of the top of the desk. and openings in its sides, substantially as and for the purpose set forth.

2. An ink-well guard consisting of a body having a series of side pieces and supportingeyes at the top, the latter being rigidly secured to the under side of a desk, said side pieces being turned up from the bottom of the body and. having openings between them, substantially as and for the purpose set forth.

ANNA 'M. RITTENHOUSE.

Vv'itnesses:

MAGGIE RIrTENnoUsE,

JOHN A. WInDnRsHnIM. 

